June, 2023

• 24 June

  Erdogan, Barzani meet in Ankara as Iraqi oil exports via Turkey remain frozen

  

  Prime Minister Masrour Barzani of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara as the deadlock continues over the exportation of Iraqi and KRG crude. Masrour Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, became the first foreign leader to pay a …

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• 24 June

  German intel. chief calls PKK biggest foreign terror group in country

  

  The top German intelligence chief said the PKK is the biggest foreign terrorist group in the country, with around 14,500 supporters. Türkiye has complained that despite the group’s illegal status, European Union countries have long turned a blind eye to its activities on their soil, including media outlets, pro-terror demonstrations, …

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• 24 June

  Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders visit Iran as West Bank tensions increase

  

  Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, has been leading a delegation of the Palestinian movement on a visit to Tehran where they met Iranian officials, including Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Mr Haniyeh held talks with the Iranian president on Tuesday after arriving in Tehran a day earlier on …

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• 24 June

  The End of Democratic Capitalism?

  

  How Inequality and Insecurity Fueled a Crisis in the West The world is in the throes of a pervasive crisis. The gap between rich and poor has widened in most countries. Although industrialized economies are still growing, the real incomes of people working in them have barely increased since 1980, …

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• 24 June

  Europe’s Real Test Is Yet to Come

  

  Will the Continent Ever Get Serious About Its Own Security? It is not yet clear if Ukraine will win the war, but Russia is definitely losing. On every metric of national power, Moscow’s position has worsened since the invasion began, and that change has already shifted the position of other …

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• 24 June

  Few signs of progress at Turkey-Syria normalization talks in Astana

  

  Syrian president sees no need to compromise, while UN representative admits ‘comprehensive solution is not doable.’ The 20th round of the Astana peace talks kicked off in the Kazakh capital Astana today with normalization between Turkey and Syria high on the agenda. However, there were few signs of progress, as …

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• 24 June

  Iran’s FM visits Kuwait, then UAE in latest Gulf charm offensive

  

  Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Oman on Tuesday to meet with Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi as part of his Gulf tour that began in Doha. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian landed in Kuwait on Wednesday where he met Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. The …

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• 24 June

  France’s Le Drian visits Lebanon in bid to break presidential deadlock

  

  French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian’s visit to Beirut comes as parliament failed for the 12th time to elect a president. French President Emmanuel Macron’s new special envoy for Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Beirut on Wednesday, the state-run National News Agency reported. According to the agency, the former foreign …

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• 24 June

  Blinken’s Overtures To China A Strategic Mistake – Analysis

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s overtures to Beijing remain a double edged sword.The visit will give a huge moral and strategic win for Beijing, and further weakens Washington’s standing, being looked as weak and desperate. The first top level meeting in Alaska in 2021 has played well into Beijing’s …

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• 24 June

  US Not Backing Down on Biden’s Xi Dictator Comment

  The White House is not backing down on comments made by President Joe Biden likening Chinese President Xi Jinping to a dictator. “It should come as no surprise that the president speaks candidly about China and the differences that we have — we are certainly not alone in that,” a …

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